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From: Mark L Lilleleht <mllillel@WISC.EDU>
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From: Joyce Ashuntantang <ashuntant@hartford.edu>
Date: 29 March 2013
On March 22 when news broke that Chinua Achebe had joined his ancestors,
the 39th edition of the African Literature Association Conference was in
session at Charleston, South Carolina. A ceremony was later organized
that evening to honor the Sage who had done so much to enrich African
literature. The previous day, there was a memorial at Brittlebank Park
titled "I have Known Rivers," to honor the men, women, and children forced
into the Middle Passage and the struggles of Africans and African
descendants throughout the world. Achebe's comments in this video excerpt
are poignant in the light of these two ceremonies. Click on the link
below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5BOz8S5Ao